Zôjô-ji Temple in Shiba (Shiba Zôjô-ji), from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo (Tôkyô nijûkei)

From the 'Twenty Views of Tokyo' (Tôkyô nijûkei) series, this print depicts Zojoji Temple as one of the capital's defining historical landmarks. The series title reflects the meisho-e tradition updated for the shin-hanga movement, systematically documenting significant Tokyo sites. The Sangedatsumon gate—a two-story, three-portal wooden structure from 1622 and one of the compound's few surviving Edo-period elements—likely anchors the composition. The romanization 'Tôkyô nijûkei' reflects academic transcription conventions standard in earlier twentieth-century publications. Publisher Watanabe Shozaburo's production standards ensured high-quality washi and precise multi-block registration across the series. Hasui's ability to balance documentary fidelity to an architectural subject with the atmospheric and compositional priorities that distinguish his work from topographical illustration is evident in how the series images function simultaneously as geographic records and autonomous pictorial compositions.